Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-14

So he rolled over in his own blood. and rolled
over the bodies of tho slain, and rolled on un-
I'll he came to where the other man was
dying, and put, as 1t were, his wound against
that wound, and his sorrow against tnat soi +.
row. ana helped to alleviate II. Ana SO 10
seems TO me that Jesus Christ hears the groah
or our sorr0w, the groan of our poverty. tho
groan OF our wretchedness, and comes 70 tho
rellet. lie comes rolling over sin ana soIroW
to the place whvro we lie on the battlefield,
ana lie puts over us the arm of HIS eVefiast-
ing love; and see that arm and hand are
wounded: and as He pats that arm over Us 1
can hear Him say: II have loved thee WIN
an everlasting love-" Oh that YOU might feei
sympathizing Jesus!
Further, remark: the last great INSTALL
ment paid for our redemption was the demise
of Christ. The world hRs seen many darN
days. About fifteen summers ago there was
very dark day when the sun was eclipseu.
The fowl al MONDAY went To their perch, ana
we felt gloom rs we looked ut the astro-
nomical wonder. 1t was a dark day in Lon
don when the plague was at its height, and
the dead with uncovered faces were taken In
open carts and dumped in the trenches. lG
was dark day when the earth opened ana
Lisbon sank but the darkest day since lhe
creation OF the world was the day when tho
carnage OF Calvary was enacted. IL was
acout noon when the curtain began To be
drawn. 1t WAS not the coming on of Il night
that sOothes and refreehes; it wac the SWING
ing of great gloom all around the heavens.
God hung IL. AS when there is Il dead one IN
the house you bow the shutters or turn the
lattice, so God in the afternoon shut the WIN
dows of the world. AS 1t is appropriate TO
throw black pail upon the coffin as IL passes
along, so IT was appropriate that everything
should be sombre that day as the great hearse
OF The earth rolled ca, bearing the corpse oil
the King.
A mans last hours are ordinarily kept sa-
cred. However you may have hated or carl
catured man, when you hear he Is dying sl-
LAM ITO lima ~ n
would have a loathing for the man who could
stand by deathbed making faces and soon-
ing. But Christ in His last hour cannot be
left alone. What! pursuing Him yet after so
long pursuit. You have been drinking His
tears. do you want TO drink His boodp They
came up closely. so that Notwithstanding the
darkness, they can glut their revenge with
the contortions OF His countenance, Ihey
examine His feet. They want to fe el for
themselves whether those feet are really
spiked. They put out their hands and touch
the spikes, and bring them back wet wiNI
blood and wipe them on their garments.
Women stand there and weep,b but can do no
good. II is no place for tender-hearted wo-
men. 1t wants heart that crime has turned
into granite. The waves of mans hatred and
of hel's vengeance dash up against the
and torture clutch for His holy heart. Had
he not been thoroughly fastened to the cross
they would nave torn Him down and trampled
Him with both feet. How the caVa ry horses
arched their necks. and champed their bits,
and reared and snuffed at the blood. Had a
Roman officer called out for light his voice
would not have been heard in the tumult; but
louder than the claeh OF the spears. and
the waillng of wOmanhood, and the
nelghng of the chargers. and the
believing of the crucihers, there comes
voice crashing through, loud, clear.
overwhe lining, terrific. 1t is the groan OF the
dying Son of God. Look! WHAT scene
Look, oh world, at what you have done!
lift the covering from that maltreated Christ
to let you count the wounds and estimate the
cost. Oh. when the nails went through
Christ's right hand and Chrisps left hand
that bought both your hands with all their
power to work, and lift. and write. When
the nail went through Cnris.'s right foot and
Christ's left foOt-thaJ bought your feet, with
all their power to walk. or run, or climb.
When the thorn went into Chrlst's temple
that bought your brain with all its power to
think aud plan. When the spear cleft Christs
side--that bought your heart with all Its pow
er TO love. and repent, and pray. Oh, sinner,
come back!
Ira man is in no pqin, If he is prospered, II
he is well, and he asks you to come, you take
your time and you say: II can't come now.
I'll come after awhile. There is no haste" b"
But If he IL in want and trouble you say: ~
must go right away. must go now." To-day
Jesus stretches ont before you two wounded
hands, and He begs you TO come. Go and you
live. Stay away and you die. Oh, that To
HIM who bought us, we might give all our
time, and all our prayers, and all our suc-
CbsbbSI L WDulu VIC COulu HObnlnH
else, that we could do nothing else but come
to Christ. He is 30 fair, He is so loving, He ie
so sympathlzing, He is so good. l wish we
could put our arms around His neck and say
thine, Lord, will | be forever" On, that
to-day you would begin TO love Him! Would
that could take this audience and wreathe
it around the heart OF my Lord Jesus Christ.
When in 1865 the Atlantic cable was lost,
do you remember that the Great Eastern and
the Midway and the Albany went out to hnd
ItY Thirty times they sank the grapnel two
and half miles deep in the water. After
awhile they found the cable and brought Ii
to the surface. No sooner had it heen brought
TO the surface than they lifted u shout OF ex-
ultatlon, but tho cable slipped back again into
the water and was lost. Then for two weeks
more they swept the sea with the graphing
they brought IL up In silence. They fastened
IT this time. Then with great excitement
they took one end OF the cable to the
electricians room to see IL there were really
saw q spark and knew that message could
be sent. then every hat WIS lifted, and the
rockets flew, ana the guns sounded until all
the vessels on the expedition knew the work
was done. and the conLinents were lashed to :
gether. Well, my friends, Sabbath after Sab
bath we have come searching down for your
soul. We have swept the sea with the grap-
pling hook Of Chrisps Gospel.--A gain aud
again we have thought you We're at the sur
face, and began to rejoice over your redemp-
ton; but at the moment OF our gladness you
sank back again into the world and back
again into sin. To-day we come with this
Gospel searching for your soul. We
Apply the cross of Christ first to see whether
there Is any life left IN you, while all around
the people stand looking to see whether the
work will be done, and the angels of God
bend down and witness, and oh. II now we
could see only one spark Of love, and hope,
and faith. we would send up shout that
would be heard on the Dattlemenis of heaven,
and two worlds would Keep jubilee because
communication is open ~ wesn Christ and
the soul, and your nature that has been
the JOY OF the Gospel